{
  "id": 606771,
  "title": "‘We are not going anywhere’: Danon defends Jewish communities in West Bank at UN meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/we-are-not-going-anywhere-danon-defends-jewish-communities-in-west",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T22:30:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-905250"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, defended Jewish communities in the West Bank during a Security Council meeting on Tuesday. He emphasized that these communities would remain and continue to grow, rejecting claims that they hinder peace efforts. Danon stated, \"The Security Council must understand a simple truth: We are not going anywhere. Jewish communities will stay in Judea and Samaria.\"\n\nHe clarified that Jewish communities are not temporary establishments nor obstacles to peace, but rather permanent homes where families reside. Danon asserted that the West Bank is where the Jewish people's eternal connection to the Land of Israel originated. \"Judea and Samaria is where our people's eternal connection to the Land of Israel began,\" he declared.\n\nDanon argued that the Security Council was applying a double standard by focusing on \"settler violence\" in Israel while ignoring hundreds of Palestinian terrorist attacks. He accused the council of labeling Israeli actions as \"settler violence\" but only naming the perpetrators in Palestinian attacks. Danon argued that this approach was unjust and prejudiced.\n\nThe ambassador invoked Jewish historical and biblical ties to the West Bank to support their right to live there. He cited the Torah as evidence of the Jewish people's connection to the land. Danon concluded, \"Our right to live in our land is based on our historical connection to it. It is described in the Torah. Judea and Samaria is where our story in the Land of Israel began. It is where it will continue.\" He reiterated, \"We are not going anywhere.\"",
  "summary": "Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon rejected claims that Jewish communities in the West Bank are obstacles to peace, telling the Security Council that they would remain and continue to grow.",
  "key_points": [
    "Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon defended Jewish communities in West Bank at UN meeting.",
    "Danon stated, \"We are not going anywhere\"; Jewish communities will stay in Judea and Samaria.",
    "He cited historical and biblical ties to the West Bank as basis for Jewish right to live there."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/606771.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Danon at UN: Jewish communities will stay in Judea and Samaria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/danon-at-un-jewish-communities-will-stay-in-judea-and-samaria",
        "published": "2026-08-11T23:05:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}